Do Vegans Drink Coffee

Vegie and vegan?

I’ve been vegetarian for about 15 years but since reading some of the questions and answers on this page I’ve reached the conclusion that my diet is more vegan than vegetarian. I’m a fan of seeds and nuts (my current favourite is pumpkin seeds and even better if they’re roasted) and eat fruit everyday as well, and a lot of everyday foods (bread for example) are also suitable for vegans. But I also enjoy chocolate and never drink coffee without milk. Do any other vegetarians have a diet which is close to vegan but isn’t quite and would you ever swap to a completely vegan diet?
Jelly? That’s got pork gelatine in it hasn’t it? I hope you mean the chrystals you mix with water that then sets like jelly?
Oh wait a mo’, maybe that’s jelly as in jam?
Yes OK I’m stupid and didn’t read the first answer properly.

As a poor college student in the cow-fed midwest, it is difficult to maintain a fully vegan diet. Iowa is nice in some ways, but is not very supportive of vegan/vegetarian lifestyles. I do what I can to keep eggs and dairy out of my diet, but they sneak their way in from time to time. I call myself a “part-time vegan” as a joke sometimes.

One thing I keep in mind at this point:
It is better to support the vegetarian cause than to desperately try to adhere to the vegan standard where/when it is nearly impossible to do so. For instance, if I have to eat at a restaurant where the only option for me is a veggie burger that happens to contain eggs on a bun made with milk and butter, I’ll take that over the plain garden salad. I would much rather support that menu item and thereby let the restaurant know that DOES have a vegetarian demand to cater to, instead of silently accepting a boring dish of lettuce.

I will probably commit to a completly vegan lifestyle once I move to a more enlightened region. I love to cook and bake, and it will be much easier to replace dairy products in recipes with vegan alternatives when they are more available.

ALSO

If you do try a strictly vegan diet consistently for any significant amount of time, your body may start to lose the ability to digest dairy products. I had a 3-week experimental vegan phase that made me lactose intolerant, which I discovered the hard way once I started incorporating dairy again. that actually makes resisting dairy products much easier for me.

Soymilk is great, and so is rice and almond milk, if you’re willing to switch that up. In coffee or over cereal, I can’t even tell the difference.

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